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“God is not found in the soul by adding anything, but by a process of subtraction. ~Meister Eckhart

“We find meaning by abiding in God, faithfully trusting in God’s mercy and grace. This is his own working in us, and of his goodness he opens the eye of our understanding, by which we have sight, sometimes more and sometimes less, according to our God-given ability to receive.” ~Julian of Norwich

“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” ~John 11:25-26

“If forgiveness needs to be bought or paid for, then it is not authentic forgiveness at all, which must be a free letting go.” ~Richard Rohr

“For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” ~Hosea 6:6

“Humbly welcome the Word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.” ~James 1:21

“We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.” ~Brother Lawrence

“It is far better to give prayer to a thing than thought to that same thing, for the goal of the spiritual life is not to know more of what we think, but to align our thoughts and will with the thoughts and will of God.” ~Robert Van Valkenburgh

“There’s this defensive promise that God is with us, God is for us, that He loves us, cares for us, but also there’s this offensive posture that we have, which is, where does His light need to be shone? Where does His grace need to be revealed? Where does His hope need to be…

“The heaven to which Jesus points is the spaciousness within ourselves—one that makes room for those who threaten us, for those who are different, even for those who have betrayed us.” ~Mirabai Starr